120 SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2025 MFL Luces, Cámara, Acción On Friday 4th April a group of 12 Year 8 students took part in a study day at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy. After the students arrived, they enjoyed a session discussing the importance of learning Spanish. They then had a workshop to introduce the film “Los Futbolísimos”, watched the film and then had a workshop after. The students enjoyed a fabulous day immersed in Spanish culture and film. Follow us @tsc_mfl_dep International Schools Update We are in the process or applying for reaccreditation of our International Schools Award. As a school we are committed to enhancing our curriculum further to include many international and global activities. We have been engaged in another of exchanges and visits over the past 3 years, which have featured in our many newsletters and we hope to bring you successful news in September. Turing Scheme Following four years of success with the Turing Scheme, we have applied for funding for next year and we await the decision of this month. In the meantime, we have another experience planned with our Year 12 students. Following many applications, 4 students - Geiste, Lexie, Luke and Lucy - are about to embark on a two-week work experience in Gibraltar with our international friends - The Nautilus Project. During the 2 weeks, the students with participate in many activities in the field of marine biology - from dolphin and whale watching, to beach cleans and lab work. This is a fabulous opportunity for our Sixth Form students and we look forward to their presentations and feedback on their return in the summer. Modern Foreign Languages Over the last term we have been learning some exciting topics in Spanish. The Year 7s have been learning to talk about ‘Mi Tiempo Libre’ and their free time activities. They are going to consolidate all their learning this year by studying “Encanto” and creating their own character for the film. In Year 8, the students learnt all about “Mi Vida Digital” and social media. They have then finished with the topic of school and this is supported by the film study of “Zipe y Zape y el club de canicas”. The Year 9 students have been learning all about “Las Costumbres” and festivals in the Hispanic World and studying all about El Salvador before the film study of “Voces Inocentes”. At the beginning of the final half term, all Key Stage 3 students completed their End of Year assessments in the four skill areas of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing and we have used Chromebooks for the Listening and Reading components. Students were able to prepare answers for their speaking and writing assessments with teachers in class, before taking them home to learn. During the year the students have been developing a deeper understanding of Spanish phonics and part of the speaking assessment was reading an extract in Spanish with accuracy and there was also dictation in the writing component. Japanese Lesson Spanish students in Year 7 produced some excellent work when they swapped their usual learning for a Japanese taster lesson. 7B took part in the virtual session as part of the Routes into Languages NW Festival of Languages, organised by Lancaster University, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, and Manchester Metropolitan University. Students learned basic greetings and sounds and took part in a quiz on Japanese culture. The session, one of several different language sessions scheduled over a two-week period, was led by Manchester Metropolitan University.
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